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camelpimp:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor on 19 Dec 2006, 06:44 ---Though I will point out that Rembrandt wasn't that hot. He coudln't light a fuckign scene2 to save his life. I've seen more dynamic shit than Christ on the Sea of Galilee in fucking White Dwarf.
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Well, first of all, due to the age of his paintings, their appear darker than they actually were (the Mona Lisa nowadays is in need of a serious cleaning, and did not look like that at all back in Da Vinci's day). And "Rembrandt can't light a scene?" WT to the F? I don't care for his "epic" paintings, but his quieter stuff is excellent.
Also, Omnicide, you can read JAMES JOYCE and not Chaucer??? Explain that one, because I can't come up with a retort, because that is seriously flabbergasting.
elcapitan:
The Gulag Archipelago. I tried, seriously I tried, and it moved me but it was so fucking boring I never finished it.
How the hell can a story about some of, if not the worst systemic human rights abuse in history be boring?
KharBevNor:
--- Quote from: camelpimp on 19 Dec 2006, 08:21 ---Well, first of all, due to the age of his paintings, their appear darker than they actually were (the Mona Lisa nowadays is in need of a serious cleaning, and did not look like that at all back in Da Vinci's day). And "Rembrandt can't light a scene?" WT to the F? I don't care for his "epic" paintings, but his quieter stuff is excellent.
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I was being semi-flippant, though in general I'm not so hot for Dutch Golden Age painting as a lot of people. Some Vermeers are absolutely breath-taking, but for me a lot of it lacks that 'spark', for want of a better word, that inspires me in a picture.
Inlander:
Complaining about the lighting in Rembrandt is rather missing the point. Go to a gallery, get in the same room as one of his paintings - preferably one of his portraits of ordinary people he spotted on the street - and spend a good few minutes just looking at the face. There are such stories told in those faces. Then come back and tell me if you think Rembrandt is over-rated or not.
KharBevNor:
I've seen Rembrandt in the gallery.
As I said, there isn't that vital spark there that engages me with his paintings. For me, though his depictions of the world might be impeccable, they are descriptions only. It's not like, say, Hogarth, where the faces just leap out at you and even though the drawing or painting might be cruder than Rembrandt, and Hogarth isn't really that far beyond my own skill level (I can at least replicate his works fairly well) I know that I could never have produced those originals. I couldn't have produced Rembrandts either, they're massively skilled works, I'm just saying that they don't grab me: I don't take inspiration from Rembrandt, and if the choice was given to me to own an original artwork by any artist, he would be far, far, far down the list.
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